Garment bag



y 7, 1953 B. LEVINE 2,644,589

GARMENT BAG Filed June 16, 1950 INVENTOR.

BY fie@fwhze,

JTTOE/YEYS Patented July 7, 1953 .o-FFI'c 'ZGABMENTZLBAG ".TBettyjLevinej-New. York, N. ..Y.

A'AppIicaLtion -"Junl'fi, 1950,3SeriaI No.'-168,63-5

1;;Claim. .1.

.The presenti invention relatesatosimprovements in garment bagsrandmorexsparticularly:;:-to :athe :supporting .f-rame 22nd .r-hanger supports {from which, a pluralityyofgarment hangers :mayabe suspended.

.Garment :bags of thegrgeneralytype disclosed {herein comprise 3.8. .fulllelength voluminous rbag hung uponta support-mgsframe'zandsopeningalong one. side to. receivezazplurality :of garments reach of which iscfirst. hung...onz:anzord-inaryrxgarment .hanger and then suspended .-:from we. garment support within :the' ba'g. y'Ihese?bagsraretprovided with .oneiandmreferablyztwozor three. hooks ..passing through-...the upper-send :of axthe i-.bag.;-:ma-

terial and intended to be hookedzoverzaihorizontal rod or other closet fixture fromawhich the bag may :'-be suspended. In the garment bags now on .themarket, the;;garment-.supports comprise a cross-.bar-withinthe, bag from-which the garmenthangersgarezsupported. I:he cross-.220-

bars are generallyof serpentine orwave-like contour each valleyof1whichacts as .a. meansfor separating the, hangers from one-another. in a lateral direction.

It has been found thattheprionzgarment bags separate the hangers" laterally; however .;no; pro- .vision has been madeforseparating the hangers in a vertical direction. The separation :Ofzthe hangers in a .vertical:rdirectionv-as well as insa horizontal direction results a conservation of the limited space-in the garment a, bag;,and;prevents crowdingxof .the garments. .-.'I?his manner of spacing theha-ngers enablesaigreaterrnumber of garments .to. be:hung in aggivemspace since the bulky v portion; of we each. garment, :that -;:is the,

shoulders, is verticallydisplacedirom.the scorresponding. portion of the :next adjacent; garment and thus thegarments may: be:-arranged.closer together 1 without z:m.utua1 awrinkling :than would .be possible with-.a .:p1urality.;of .hangersrarranged 40 on the conventional :-cross.-.bar.

It is ancobject-of; the; presentinvention to,;.providea new and-improved garment support for a garment bag wherein the garment hangers can be-zspacedaboth laterally and :verticallyztherein.

It is a furtherobjectof the ppresent invention to provide a frame for a garment bag which will permit all of its parts or-sections to befol'ded flat for shipment -or-packing"an'd thence to 'be readily extended to -operating position r'for the j -reception'of garments.

It is astill-furthenobject"ofthe inventionito 'provide a frame" for a garmenttbag and:a novel "garment hanger supporting "means formed :of

wire.

Another obje.ct-. of-;.theqinvention is to provide a frame and garmenthanger. supportingmeans for agarment bag made.of.simple construction and a minimum of parts so that the device can be marketed at a low price.

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' .the frame member I2.

.Q-ther obj ectsziandzthe :nature: and advantages rof'cthe rinstant ;-invention awill be? apparenu'rfmm the following -;descr i-ption i. taken in conjimction @with .zthe :accompanying .;drawing s, :wherein:

Fig. 1.-.;:is a: perspective ViBWYOfmthG; supporting .aframe with :the 1.;garment .bag 1 shown ..in-..do.tt ed .ll-ines;

Fig.1; is ;-.a detail :transverseasectionak view-. of .za :zmodified form-r;of-;the -.inv.ention,=. and

Figs. .3; l gand -52 are. similar views .of additional :;modifie.dxformscof:theinvention.

Referring now .tozthe drawings-in. detail, sthe frame -A:.;forming cthe-subjectnma'tter of ;.this rinvention is. tobe used-inv association pwith-sa-ibag B :of :the collapsible, .fiexible type, .preferabj ly raz-rectangular ba This ba .is ;general;ly.:made 1; of ..paper,-.:cloth,; plastic :01: .:other.= material; andiwill .icollapse into :a ;:compactaconditionawhen; folded. Within :the upper end of the ,bag is ai-metal frame, :the only :part visible .'from -.the .outside being 1 hook members 1. I 0 -.;:passing through small iholes in thesbag preferably reinforced ..,bylggrommetsl I set into-.thatop wallzofilthe ba Thebag .is. a.dapte.d-:.to.;-be supported from:..a .-pole C :or other support .zbyrimea-ns of 'oneor: more. :of .the ..1hook members l 0 .qwhichrhave their .npper.-:ends formed. hook-shaped to; ;hook over'..the;;.:pole ..C.

:rThecframe: A-is preferably:fashionedqof; heavy wire and consists of .a skeleton framewmember l 2 :conforming :to gthe :contour ofthezupperrend of. theebag; andsanrossbar lispanning thegmain 'cframecmember J2 :midwaysbetween. its ends on .iseither longitudinalizside. .Each longitudinalside :of' .thei frame I2. .is zbent-rmidway.thereofzto form an indented; portion I54 tozretain ZthGuCXlOSS-bfll .13 in :proper position. vThe Wiremross bar 13 1 providedrwithiahooked-iportion l5;at;each;end "thereof 'xwhichcengages i the .indented tportion ill 4 ef the longitudinal sides ."of the .frame. ..I.'1.-he hooked portions l5 are bent atightly :aiabout :;the frame indented='portions IA' to engage'zit tightly and prevent its-"removalor shiftingzthereon. ilhe cross-bar l3 as shown in Fig. l -is bentto form "a Wave-dikesection throughout its entire length. Each "hook '-member 1 B is pivotal-1y attached "at 'its lower end to the cross=bar l3 by meansiof a. sleeve 1 6 which? is' attached to the *cross bar.

The: sleeve "can be so attached "to" the crossbar -as to -permit rotation-:of thetsleeve *aboutthebar. The lowerjend of the'hook' member ID is swivel'ly {mounted in an opening in". the; sleeve l6 gso 'that the hook is "free to turn about its "shank "'as an axis. Byflthis construction, when the 'fiamelis .to; be collapsed into. a flat condition, each hook member can; be rotated about "its .axis' and .then each.-sleeve caniberotated'BO" ,about"fthe cross-bar so as tO'lle flat inthesam Depending from the cross-bar [3 are 'the garment hanger supports I1. Each support I! is the length of the supports.

' in connection with Fig. 1.

entire structure is fiat and suitable for packaging? 10, llare shown in and shipment.

Two garment hanger supports Fig. 1, each of which extends one half of the distance across the cross-bar 13. The two supports are connected together by a clip l9'so that the two supports rotate together about the crossbar l3. Each support I! is formed of wire and is V-shaped with the upper ends of each section of the V attached to the cross bar 13. Each section of the v is provided with a wave-like portion which extends the entire length of the section. The valley 20 of each wave is separated from the valley of the adjacent wave both laterally and vertically. Each valley is relatively deep and adapted to receive a garment supporting hanger. As shown in Fig. 1, each section of the V-shaped support is provided with seven valleys and is adapted to hold seven hangers. This number can be varied as desired by extending or decreasing The form of the invention shown in Fig. 2 utilizes a single garment hanger support I1 and is suitable for use with a narrow garment bag. The frame member I2 is formed to the contour of the bag as shown in Fig. l.

The cross-bar I3 is of slightly different construction than that shown in Fig. 1. The cross-bar I3 is attached to the frame memher- 12' at each end by 'means of hooks 1'5 which are formed integrally with the cross-bar l3. The cross-bar I3 is straight throughout most of its length and is provided with indented portions 2| to which are attached the sleeves IS. The book members are attached to the sleeves [6 in amanner similar to that described heretofore Th modifications of the invention shown in 7 Figs. 3, 4 and are similar to the structure described in connection with Figs. 1 and 2 with the exception of the garment hanger supports 11. In Fig. 3 the garment hanger support I1" is made of wire curved in-the shape of an are instead of the V-shape as previously described. The arc shaped wire is provided with a plurality of waves throughout its length, the valley of each wave being adapted to receive a garment hanger. Each metal or wood for the garment hanger support in place of the wire shown in the preceding figures. The sheet metalor wood support 25 may consist of oneormorev-shaped sections depending fromthe cross-bar; .The V'shaped sections are provided with a plurality of openings 26 therein wherein adjacent openings are spaced from ach other both laterally and vertically and are adapted to receive the hooked end of conventional garment hangers.

* 'In'view' of the above description, the construcwave is separated both laterally and vertically from the adjacent wave to accomplish the same result of the constructions of the support previously described. 7

In Fig. 4, the garment hanger support ll is likewise made of wire bent into wave form wherein successive waves are of varying depth so that the valley of each adjacent wave is sepavertically into two depths so that the shoulder portion of adjacent garments will not be at the same level. 1

The modification shown in Fig. 5 utilizes sheet tion and uselof the device is obvious, and it will be seen that the prime objects of the invention are realized in a simple, inexpensive and highly practical device. The collapsible construction of the frame permits the garment bags to be collapsed into symmetricallyshaped packages, perfectly fiat on all sides, thus making it possible to stack them neatly on shelves or counters. The construction of the garment hanger supports permits the garments to be hung in the bag separated both vertically and laterally to use the limited space in the bag most efficiently.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention and therefore the invention i not limited to what is shown. in the drawings and described in the specification but only as indicated in the appended claim.

I claim:

. A device for supporting a garment bag and a plurality of garment hangers within the bag comprising a frame adapted to fit within the bag and around the periphery of the upper end thereof, the sides of said frame lying in a common plane, a cross-bar extending across the said frame attached at each end thereof to one of the sides of said frame, at least one hook attached at its lower end to the said cross-bar, and a pair of generally V-shaped wire members normally dependent from said cross-bar, each of said V- shaped members having one of its ends fastened to said cross-bar adjacent the ends thereof, the

- other of the ends of each of said V-shaped memlowermost portions of said valleys being each spaced both vertically and horizontally from the corresponding portion of the adjacent valley to thereby form a series of vertically and horizontally spaced hanger supporting means.

' BETTY LEVINE.

I Reclaimed in theifile of this patent Y UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name I Date" 1,456,610 Rottman May 29,1923 1,760,339 Bishop May 2'7, 1930 1,886,574 Normandy Nov.8, 1932 2,159,959 Ballentine May 30, 1939 2,261,291 Salavsky Nov. 4, 1941 2,442,364 Kraft' June 1, 194.8 2,554,483 Corwin May 29, ,'1951 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country; Date 404,294" Great Britain Jan. 11, 1934 

